Nigeria in the News

World Press Review contributing editor Sarah Coleman reviews the Nigerian press controversy stirred when when a newspaper article touched off bloody riots in northern Nigeria and to a fatwa calling for the journalist's death.

Though his international profile is riding high following his involvement in the recently founded African Union and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) economic recovery plan, Nigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo may be fighting for his political life at home.